Elizabeth Warren PROMISES TO SERVE OUT HER TERM, Not Run For Prez

[dionysus]

90. as nice as a socialist president would be, you're missing the larger point.

imagine Bernie was president right now. he wouldn't be able to get shit done because of a filibustering senate and worthless teabagging house.

the whole system needs a shakeup.

running a long shot and losing isn't going to help. that scale of change needs to come from the ground up and it'll take many years of effort to accomplish. throwing up the most liberal candidate isn't going to work until you're able to get the majority of the populace to buy into the liberal ideology, which has been tarnished by decades worth of effort by the rethugs.

I think a shortcoming that we have is thinking that the perfect candidate, be it Bernie or warren or whoever, is going to suddenly going to fix the system. it's like we think there's a quick fix.

the republicans spent decades instilling their poison into the minds of people. they played the long game, and look how successful they were (albeit, if success means destroying the country.)

this isn't something a single election cycle or particular president is going to remedy.